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Pavel Belyayev

Soviet Union and Russia

Pavel Belyayev was a Soviet cosmonaut and Air Force pilot who commanded the Voskhod 2 mission in March 1965, during which crewmate Alexei Leonov performed the first spacewalk in history. The mission encountered serious difficulties on reentry when the automatic landing system failed, forcing Belyayev to manually pilot the descent, resulting in a landing far off course in a remote, snow-covered forest in the Ural Mountains, where the crew waited roughly a day before rescue teams reached them.

Facts
Birth Date
1925-06-26 3
Birth Year
1925 3
Nationality
Soviet 3
Notable Mission
Voskhod 2 3
Classification
Astronaut Role
Commander 1
Dating
Selection Year
1960 2
Connections

Associated With

Soviet space program, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Pavel Belyayev - Wikipedia

Operated By

Soviet space program, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Pavel Belyayev - Wikipedia
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Nationality

Soviet Union

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Sources
1. Pavel Belyayev (Wikipedia)
a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the historic 1965 Voskhod 2 space missionView the Source
2. Pavel Belyayev (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Pavel Belyayev lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source
3. Pavel Belyayev - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1925-06-26
  • Introduction, first sentence, parenthetical
    26 June 1925
  • Introduction, first sentence, description
    a Soviet cosmonaut
  • Infobox, mission
    Voskhod 2
  • Operated By: Soviet space program, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev (Russian: Павел Иванович Беляев; 26 June 1925-10 January 1970) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the historic 1965 Voskhod 2 space mission which saw the first space walk.
  • Associated With: Soviet space program, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev (Russian: Павел Иванович Беляев; 26 June 1925-10 January 1970) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the historic 1965 Voskhod 2 space mission which saw the first space walk.
  • In Group: Vostok and Voskhod Cosmonauts, Lead sentence
    Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev (Russian: Павел Иванович Беляев; 26 June 1925-10 January 1970) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the historic 1965 Voskhod 2 space mission which saw the first space walk.
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Wikidata: Pavel Belyayev
Wikidata Q157931, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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